Now at a meeting I was at the other night, I finally did meet some "whackers". Four of them to be exact. You anti-whackers would have tripped all over yourselves to try and tell these guys what nutjobs they are.

Now at a meeting I was at the other night, I finally did meet some "whackers". Four of them to be exact. You anti-whackers would have tripped all over yourselves to try and tell these guys what nutjobs they are.

Oh do tell...what was their main objectives and what kind of trash were they talkin?

Oh, that the military and feds were shown up by hams in the use of HF bands in a practice exercise, and that they want to implement hams into a new communications force, and that we are so important now, they will soon be requiring security clearances, etc. Once they left the meeting, some of the older guys chimed in and laughed out how out there they were.

Some people like bird watching, I like wacker watching. Please tell, were they in uniform or undercover wackers ? Did you get a look at their emergency response units (cars), lightbars or undercover grill mounted strobes ? What breed wacker were they, ARES or storm chasing wackers? I need to document all of this, I need more info then just to say " I saw wackers". Kinda like saying I saw a UFO and no details.

Oh, that the military and feds were shown up by hams in the use of HF bands in a practice exercise, and that they want to implement hams into a new communications force, and that we are so important now, they will soon be requiring security clearances, etc. Once they left the meeting, some of the older guys chimed in and laughed out how out there they were.

Encryption doesn't sound like "background noise", it sounds like whatever mode is used to send the encrypted characters. You are thinking of spread spectrum transmissions.

So, what happens when it just sounds like I'm too close to a plasma TV?

If it's encrypted, I don't know it's there. I just key up.

First off it sounds most of the other digital modes, like D*, to an analog radio. Operationally they can switch to clear to advise you that there is an encrypted QSO going on and you need to vacate the frequency.

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